MOBILE, Alabama -- Police are investigating a near-deadly
shooting which took place on the 2600 block of Glass Avenue Sunday afternoon.

Around 2 p.m., authorities were alerted to a shooting which
sent a man to the University of South Alabama Medical Center, said Cpl.
Christopher Levy, public information officer for the Mobile Police Department.

The man, who has not been identified, was shot in the chest.
He underwent surgery and appears to be stable, Levy said.

Detectives were dispatched to Glass Avenue shortly after the
call came in, where they found a small scene and started the search for
witnesses. Investigators were also sent to USAMC.

The man appears to have been shot by someone he knows.
According to Levy, information does not point to a random shooting.